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v GANDLESTIGK. No. 267,460.

Patented Nov. 14, I882,

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ALFRED RIX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,460, dated November14, 1882.

Application filed October 17, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED RIX, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of New York, have made a new and usefulImprovement in Candlesticks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of candlesticks which hold thecandle between two upright jaws, (an example of which is well describedin Letters Patent No. 58,296, granted to me September 25, 1866;) and itconsists in a new device for operating the jaws. 1 call it thequadrilateral. It is formed offour plates of sheet metal withtheirendsriveted together, as shown by the accompanying drawings, ofwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical central section View; Fig. 2, a top Viewwhen the jaws are closed, and Fig. 3 a top View when the jaws are open.

Like letters indicate like parts.

A A are the jaws, B B the plates, 0 O the rivets, and D D the brackets.The quadrilat- (No model.)

eral is attached to the jaws by the two brackets D D beneath a pair ofdiagonally-opposite joints, one arm of each bracket being fastened tothe back of ajaw and the other end held by the rivet ot'a joint. As thecandle is held between the jawsbythe friction of the fourjoints of thequadrilateral, these joints should be riveted just tight enough for thispurpose and no more.

The operation is obvious. The jaws are made to close upon the candle bypressing them toward each other, and are made to open by a like pressureupon the pair of sidejoints.

Having thus described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The quadrilateral constructed and appliedsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALFRED RIX. Witnesses:

1. M. WAGNER, WILLIAM RIX.

